Sherri Shepherd, The View’s new co-host, doesn’t know if the earth is flat or not. A transcript: WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Is the world flat? SHERRI SHEPHERD: Is the world flat? (laughter) GOLDBERG: Yes. SHEPHERD: …I Don’t know. GOLDBERG: What do you think? SHEPHERD: I… I never thought about it, Whoopi. Is the world flat? I never thought about it. BARBARA WALTERS: You’ve never thought about whether the world was round or flat? SHEPHERD: I tell you what I’ve thought about. How… Read more
September 19th marks the second anniversary of Lori Lipman Brown lobbying for the Secular Coalition for America. You can read a great recent interview with her at The Eloquent Atheist: One of the most surprising things I found when I started this job, is that I get almost no hate mail. The one exception is when I appear on Bill O’Reilly’s show. He has told me that he gets nasty e-mail all the time to (and he assumes we all… Read more
Well, this doesn’t happen often. Christian writer John Shore has posted a very atheist-positive article. After many non-religious people commented on his last piece, he decided to write a response — to Christians. It also turns out that atheists — or the many from whom I heard, anyway — care just as much as we Christians do about loving and doing right by others. Curse the atheists! Why couldn’t they be the craven sensory-hounds they’re supposed to be? Must they… Read more
Kathy Griffin was on Larry King Live the other night talking about her Creative Arts Emmy Award acceptance speech. An uncensored version of it airs early in the video: Again, she maintains her sense of humor. You like it or you don’t. The ironic thing is she has Jesus to thank for all this attention she’s getting 🙂 [tags]atheist, atheism, Jesus[/tags] Read more
You can add this movie to your blasphemy collection. Director Matthias Von Fistenberg’s Passio is a gay porno. With Jesus. … Passio will surely make a few Fox News anchors explode – and not in a good way. In fact, it is safe to say that even those non-acolytes of the “fair and balanced” network will be disturbed by von Fistenberg’s Jesus. This savior could care less about clothing the naked or feeding the hungry, unless the meal’s cock. I… Read more
Ernie Chambers with “halo,” courtesy of Boing Boing: [tags]atheist, atheism, lawsuit, God, frivolous lawsuit[/tags] Read more
Detroit Lions quarterback Jon Kitna was seemingly out of the game for good with a concussion in the second quarter this past weekend. The trainers checked him out. They followed procedure. They said he was ok to play in the second half. Kitna came back in the fourth quarter and helped led his team to a 20-17 victory in overtime against the Minnesota Vikings: [Lions head coach Rod] Marinelli said it was up to the doctors — who said Kitna… Read more
Kyle made crepes for his girlfriend over the weekend. But the result was not what he had expected. When they looked at their food, both were shocked by what they saw. As Kyle explained via email: Very clearly it is the image of Jesus! He looked so happy and joyous we found our hearts filled with wonder. I can see why. It’s uncanny, the resemblance. But wait! When the plate was turned to get a better look at the Son… Read more
I gave a speech at the Rally for Reason the evening before the Creation Museum opened. I wrote about the Rally when it happened, but I just recently received the video of my speech (courtesy of Michigan Atheists). It’s posted below. Enjoy! If you’d like to follow along, here’s a transcript of what I’m saying (or meant to say, anyway): Who knew there would come a day when Intelligent Design would be seen as a step up from anything? Unfortunately,… Read more
Rebecca Watson (Skepchick-extraordinaire) is in the final round for the Public Radio Talent Quest. I say you give her a five-star vote. I did. Yes, you have to register and log in. But it’s not asking a lot. And wouldn’t you enjoy hearing a skeptic on public radio? [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags] Read more
